Lt. Gen. PC Katoch, Who Led Commando Team in Operation Blue Star, Joins BJP

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PhotoCHANDIGARH, Punjab—Retired Special Forces officer Lt Gen PC Katoch, who led the commando team into Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in 1984, is one of more than 30 officers who has joined India’s second largest political faction, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Former army chief Gen VK Singh along with nearly three dozen senior retired defense officers also joined the BJP on Saturday on March 1, 2014.

VK Singh, who had previously been locked in a row with the government over his retirement age, was the first serving army chief to drag the government into Supreme Court.

VK Singh’s induction into the BJP made him the first army chief ever to jump into electoral politics. He could be fielded from either Bhiwani in Haryana, or the Jhunjhunu constituency in Rajasthan, in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Among the more than 30 officers who joined the party with VK Singh, are Lt Gen P Chaudhary, Lt Gen AK Chopra, and veteran Special Forces officer Lt Gen PC Katoch, who led the commando team into Sri Harmandir Sahib for the 1984 Operation Bluestar.

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